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How can I boost my FM receiver without spending a ton?

The lakes I go to are just out of range of most of the radio stations from the city. Without spending over $100 bucks or changing my head unit, what is the best addition to my current head unit that will help me pick up those fuzzy FM radio stations. I'm thinking an external antenna (maybe wire to the tower? and I've heard of 'boosters'? Stereo wizards, I need some sound advice. No pun intended.

xm or ipod is the only way to go. fm, if it's fuzzy will probably always have some issues with it, especially if you want to crank it up. nothing like listening to music cranked up and static comes over the speakers....

you can try an fm signal booster, but I don't think you will really like the results.

thx guys, but the booster info says it won't work well if there's mountains, and they're all around the lake, so that's prob not gonna be a viable option. The XM thing sounds alright, but I don't have a subscription, I'll look into that option tonight, but it would prob require a diff head unit. thx again

almost all the current market heads have xm capability. if not, then they make an fm adapter. not the best sound quality, but better than fm.. if you have the factory radio in your lsv, then it's xm ready.
only downside is it cost money every month, but having 100+ channels, many commercial free is a bonus.. we turn ours on every spring and shut it off in the fall when the boat goes into storage.
it's $7/month for us since we have an existing subscription for my wifeys murano. think it's $21 total for 2 units..